A friend gave me an idea to paint a picture of a momma bird with her fledglings leaving the nest. It was a big challenge because I've never painted a bird nest or fledglings for that matter. I brainstormed the idea and decided to paint blue jays since I've not painted them before either. I changed the idea a little so that one of the fledglings & the mommy blue jay are encouraging his sibling to join him for a test flight to try out their wings.